Water For All

AFFORDABLE

ACCESSIBLE

PURE

Piramal Water Private Limited is a social enterprise which creates affordable access to safe drinking water for the under-served at the last mile. This is accomplished through a wide network of decentralized safe drinking water treatment and distribution technologies. We operate through a growing base of local entrepreneurs and in collaboration with government agencies, philanthropic organizations and private companies.

ABOUT US

Sarvajal was founded in 2008 by the Piramal Foundation to develop market based models for providing clean drinking water at the base of the pyramid.

OUR IMPACT

More than 8.8 Billion litres of clean drinking water served, 100,000 served daily in over 6 states, 400+ jobs that encourage safe water practices in local communities.

AWARDS

Fast Company named Sarvajal one of the World's top 10 most innovative companies in India for 2013.

Soochak

Water Atm

Cloud-managed, solar-powered, cashless vending ecosystem that enables availability of clean drinking water 24 hours a day at the very last mile.

Sems

Customized ERP that manages water enterprises from source to consumption. Integrated with the Soochak, Water ATM,and with service, maintenance, and supply chain operations.

SOLUTIONS

Sarvajal partners with entrepreneurs, companies, philanthropic organizations, non-profits and
agencies around the world to deploy drinking water solutions for communities, facilities and
institutions. Our unique decentralized purification-cum-distribution model can be custom
designed to suit your requirements.

SPONSOR SUSTAINABLE SAFE DRINKING WATER

Why Adopt ?

In low income communities, every second visit made to the doctor is related to a water borne disease. An average family might end up spending upto 10-15% of monthly income on medical and associated expenses. Sarvajal believes, the key initiative to ensure water availability and to help people to come out of the vicious circle of poverty led by frequent sickness is through a sustainable provision of low-cost safe drinking water on a pay-per-use basis.

In the world of philanthropy and welfare state a lot of public money outlay is being made in the name of installing purification machine. Sadly and unfortunately, in most of the cases, the purification plants break down or lie unsed over the long run. Hence, the under-served remain un-served.

Through "Adopt a Community" solution, Sarvajal brings a fresh approach of partnering with foundations and charitable organizations to create sustainable acees to safe drinking water for the under served.

Sarvajal Solution for Villages

The Problem
High cost of transporting water through centralized infrastructure, lack of physical infrastructure at the last mile, absence of awareness particularly regarding health-risk association with water and dearth of affordable alternatives lead to poor drinking water habits in rural areas contributing to the high incidences of water borne diseases.

Sarvajal Solution
Safe drinking water provision in villages is achieved through Sarvajal's hub-and-spoke model. The water purification plant provides safe drinking water which is distributed using Water ATMs installed at convenient locations. Sarvajal products are easy to operate, energy-efficient and establish price and quality accountability even at remote rural locations.

Sarvajal Solution for Slums

The Problem
Dilapidated slum infrastructure, local politics, irregular supply, neglect of Municipal Authorities and high prices of domestic water purification units - all contribute to the inclement dangers of acquiring and drinking water from urban water supplies.

Sarvajal Solution
Safe drinking water provision in slums is achieved through Sarvajal's hub-and-spoke model. With a reliable source of electricity and raw water, the water purification plant provides safe drinking water which is distributed using Water ATMs installed at convenient locations.

Sarvajal Solution for Schools

The Problem
It is vital to provide safe drinking water in public schools which cater to low income students. Disease and discomfort from unimproved drinking water leads to poor academic performance and learning that percolates into a lifetime of hardship.

Sarvajal Solution
Sarvajal can, depending upon the ground realities, either set up a point-of-source treatment cum distribution model (recommended for urban schools) or a distribution only model through a network of Water ATMs (recommended for rural schools) to assure access to safe drinking water for the school students and staff.

Sarvajal Solution for Hospitals

The Problem
In hospitals, the top priority is health. Immuno-compromised patients are particularly susceptible to water-borne illnesses and it is therefore of heightened importance that the water they drink is reliable and safe. Patients and attendants are forced to choose between purchasing expensive packaged drinking water or procuring drinking water of questionable quality from local vendors or consuming free water from rarely cleaned community tanks.

Sarvajal Solution
Sarvajal will place a purification unit on hospital premises to serve patients, employees and visitors. Furthermore a floor-to-floor distribution network of Water ATMs can ensure easy access to staff.

SOURCE TO SERVICE SOLUTIONS FOR URBAN SPACES

Typically, Institutions face challenge of catering to drinking water needs of large number of workers and in some cases, even larger number of visitors. In many cases they opt for rather expensive and raw water inefficient point-of-use purification system with no reliable maintenance support. Alternatively, at many places, administration relies on purchasing even more expensive packaged drinking water. In sharp contrast to these, Sarvajal provides single machine solutions for such multi-storied, high traffic locations at effectively one-tenth of the cost.

Vasu Padmanabhan

Chief Executive Officer

Vasu is a B.Tech from IIT-Delhi and MBA from FMS-Delhi. He brings with him 28 years of rich experience in sectors like Real Estate, Telecom, FMCG and Durables. Prior to joining Piramal Water, he has worked at Motorola, DLF etc in leadership roles as CEO, Director, SVP and his last assignment was as a CEO in a low cost housing start-up.

Anuj SharmaChief Operating Officer

Anuj is a development professional, designing and scaling up low-cost, market-based, sustainable solutions in rural India...

Anuj Sharma

Chief Operating Officer

Anuj is a development sector professional, designing and scaling up low-cost, market-based, sustainable solutions in rural India for last 11 years. He is an engineer by training and holds MBA from IRMA, is a recipient of Amul-Tata Scholarship. Previously, he led Pratham’s Rajasthan Chapter and Read Rajasthan Campaign for 40,000 government schools. He had been selected as a GSBI Social Entrepreneurship Fellow by Santa Clara University, California in 2012. Recently, he has been recognized amongst India’s most talented rural marketing professionals by CMO Asia.

Harish ManwaniGeneral Manager Operations

Harish holds a Bachelor’s degree in Humanities from Rajasthan University and an MBA from ...

Harish Manwani

General Manager Operations

Harish holds a Bachelor’s degree in Humanities from Rajasthan University and an MBA from the University of Bedfordshire in England. He has joined Piramal Water from Pratham’s Rajasthan chapter where he worked in operations and finance.

Sanket AdeshraGeneral Manager Finance

Sanket is an Associate member of Institute of Chartered Accountant of India and a post graduate from ...

Sanket Adeshra

General Manager Finance

Sanket is an Associate member of Institute of Chartered Accountant of India and a post graduate from Gujarat University. He is heading Finance Department and ISO 9001:2008 Compliance. Prior to joining at Piramal Water, he has worked in Finance Department at Zydus Cadila, Ahmedabad.

OUR PARTNERS

Sarvajal works with a variety of partners - International Philantrhropic Organizations, Foundations, Non Profit Organizations
and Government Agencies - to deliver customized solutions for creating access to safe drinking water.

Frost & Sullivan - Enabling Technology Award of the Year 2013 ::
The Frost & Sullivan Awards is a global program that recognizes outstanding industry achievements by companies across the world.

FORCE Park Shared Value Award 2013 ::
Instituted by FORCE in 2011, Shared Value Award is given to a for-profit business with the focus on co-creating low-cost innovative product or service to address the needs of the bottom of the pyramid segment of the society.

Global Social Benefit Incubator 2012 ::
The Global Social Benefit Institute (GSBI®) is a hub for global, innovation-based entrepreneurship in service to humanity.

The Tech Awards 2011 - Nokia Health Award ::
The Tech Awards, a signature program of The Tech Museum of Innovation, honors 10 international innovators who are applying technology to confront humanity’s most urgent challenges.

Sankalp Award 2010 - Health, Water and Sanitation ::
India's most prestigious Social Enterprise awards recognizes the most sustainable and scalable enterprises.

Ripple Effect Award 2008 ::
Awarded under the Ripple Effect Initiative of Acumen Fund and IDEO, in partnership with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for improving access to safe drinking water for the world's poorest.

NHK World: India's Drinking Water ATM

India TV: 500 new water ATM's to be installed in Delhi

India News: L-G approves water ATMs in 10 city colonies

P7 News: ATMs water now in Delhi

Day and Night News: CM Virbhadra Singh inaugurated first water-dispensing ATM in Shimla

TV9 Gujarati: Draw water from ATMs for 30 paise under Delhi Jal Board's new initiative

CAREER

Thank you for your interest in joining Piramal Sarvajal. We seek to engage dynamic professionals who are committed share our mission and values. We welcome applications for Jobs that have been posted below. In addition, we actively look out for interesting people and profiles who are willing to volunteer or intern with us.If you are interested in working with us, please write to us at "info@sarvajal.com" along with your CV and a cover letter.